Not in conjunction with any other offer. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. Not in conjunction with any other offer. NRL Round 1 Talking Points - early edition: Whos confident? But first Wynnum-Manly signed off on their golden era with a fourth consecutive State League title, defeating Redcliffe yet again. This also affected the popularity of the Bulimba Cup which had been held between the cities of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba since the 1930s. They seem to forget Brisbane Souths started in 1910. Chris Phelan was the man we had identified to stop in the forwards. 1. Played a mighty game in Norths' famous 1980 grand . I didnt know where Brisbane was. Mark Muppet Murray (Norths, Valleys, Redcliffe) (6 Tests, QLD 16 games) 7,2,1. The foundation clubs were: Note: Queensland Rugby League era statistics are not counted as Brisbane Rugby League statistics. If youre after great odds on every NRL match try signing up for PlayUp. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. The galaxy of stars who have worn the colours of the famous Norths Devils over the years make for one almighty . Maybe most importantly, the club signed a baby-faced halfback from Ipswich, fresh from his breakout Origin debut the year before. All times AEST (GMT +10). 2. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { THIS is an ode to real rugby league; the unsanitised version of the code where Queensland rivalries are fiercer than anything Sydney tosses up. From 1988, Brisbane Rugby League players weren't chosen to represent Queensland again. ); Wayne Bennett brought experience in the Sydney competition, where he had just co-coached Canberra to a grand final, but he had also coached Brisbane Souths to premiership glory against the might of Lewis Wynnum-Manly. The State League competition ran in parallel to the Brisbane Rugby League competition from 1982 to 1995. Norths tries were brilliant, several involved six or seven passes. 10. Norths tries were brilliant, several involved six or seven passes. Norths Devils announced their greatest team ever. Peter Jackson The Chook Pen at Wynnum Manly can still get pretty intense, especially when they play their Bayside rivals, the Redcliffe Dolphins. Whos fearful? 5. 1. 6. Valleys would eventually win 17-16 but this is one of the all-time great grand final dust ups and we will never see anything like it again. 820 subscribers Massive fight (punch up) in the 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Norths Devils v Souths Magpies at Lang Park. 16. HAVE A SAY: Weve sorted through the Brisbane/Queensland grand finals of the past 50 years and picked the top 10. Not in conjunction with any other offer. In 1998, a number of NRL clubs partnered with Queensland Cup sides, sending players not selected in first grade to play in the competition. Paul McCabe The second half was all Norths, as they ran in 29 unanswered points to secure their maiden premiership. })(); View northsdevilsrlfcs profile on Facebook, View northsdevilsrlfcs profile on Instagram, Key Devils return for final trial matches, Devils topple Dolphins in pleasing trial match, Devils v Wynnum Trials Stihl Action Shots. We had Mark Graham, Olsen Filipaina and Kurt Sorenson. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. Honourable mentions Bill Tyquin, Jack Gunboat Ryrie, Norm Carr, Bob Lindner, Ian French. News_Image_File: Captain Norm Carr hoists the 1985 premiership trophy and Mal Meninga in action for Souths. Previously, forwards would stand where the ball was predicted to land and often drop it before they could hit it up. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Next time I will finish off with brief biographies of every club who ever played in the BRL. His death in a watch house has long been the subject of controversy. 4BC Radios BRL Team of the 80s Mal Meninga recently wrote that Bennetts achievement with Souths should no longer be ignored by historians and Sydney-centric media and officialdom. This automatically renews to be charged as $24 (min. Our Privacy Policy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities). 1978 Colt of the Year, Captain 1982 1983 (Valleys). Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. [3] Golden Years [ edit] (Not available in all areas and is not the Regional edition). I sat down with Napa to talk about his great career. For those Devils and later Dolphins fans who used to get frustrated watching referee Eddie Ward give Greg Conescu a hard time in the scrums then some memories may come flooding back here. 3. On 26 September 2014, the South East Queensland Division announced that they will be scrapping the existing FOGS Cup structure and reforming the Brisbane Rugby League as the state's secondary competition. Souths had Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill Ash Lumby, Chris Phelan and Billy Johnstone and South Sydney great Bob McCarthy as coach. He was the first coach to position his halves and backs to receive kick offs and pass then to a forward. Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. Oops! Brothers folded in 2004 but have launched a bid to become an NRL club. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. The money made from jersey sponsorships and advertising hoardings at grounds was not able to compete with poker machine money available to Sydney Rugby League clubs in the Sydney Rugby League, and an increasing number of players left the Brisbane Rugby League. In the 1980s, two further teams were added to the Brisbane Rugby League competition: Ipswich (1986) and Logan (1987). The field goal was the first in Fyfes career. Hooker: John Lang (Easts) The room looked like it was a fire. Relive Drapers medal-winning night and toughest Ipswich duo to stop. Five-eighth: Wally Lewis (Valleys, Wynnum) The Club was first established as Past Grammars in 1923, as a Club for Old Boys of Brisbane Grammar School. They took me to the Brekky Creek and to the Gold Coast so I was sold on north Brisbane. The quality of football convinced the public that the Queensland Cup would survive long term. featured alongside some of Australias most prominent sports journalists. They have gone head-to-head only once previously, with Redcliffe victorious 54-16, This is the second time a team that changed coaches during the season has made the grand final. The truth is, he has won eight, having masterminded Souths 1985 win over Wynnum. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. There has never been a period of dominance like it in Brisbane club football. The truth is, he has won eight, having masterminded Souths 1985 win over Wynnum. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (function() { As recent NRL finals have proven rugby league has a habit of providing the remarkable in the dying seconds. This was the end of the BRL competition as league fans knew it. } Wings: Fonda Metassa (Norths) and Joe Kilroy (Norths, Brothers) The game is best remembered for a vicious all-in brawl. Bruce Astill Home Delivery is not available in all areas and is not the Regional edition. However, they didnt account for the mercurial brilliance of Smoking Joe Kilroy and blow-in Kiwi coach Graham Lowe. Go head to head with other fans to pick your best players and compete in daily NRL fantasy competitions with Draftstars its free to join. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. callback: cb It was 84 seconds of pure madness. So Mal came around and dad showed him the big framed 1980 premiership Norths photo. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. 7. Peter Gill. You already have a current subscription with us. Accordingly, Brisbane was divided into Eastern Suburbs (incorporating Coorparoo and Wynnum), Southern Suburbs (incorporating Carltons), Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs (incorporating Past Grammars), Fortitude Valley and Past Brothers (whose players had to prove that they had attended a Christian Brothers school). Brothers defeated Redcliffe 26-8 at Lang Park. Find out what Aaron Payne said ahead of the clash. Arthur Denovan and Johnny Brown are your commentators! The competition was reinstated in 2001, known as the FOGS premiership under the Queensland Cup. Mark Murray -Great communicator, smart and I remember the first time I head him speak I thought I can listen to him. It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. Competing in the Brisbane Rugby League competition that year were Brothers, Carltons, Coorparoo, University, Valley and Wests, with Past Grammars rejoining in 1924. The Seagulls had to wait 31 years for premiership success, beating Souths 17-3 in front of 36,000 people at Lang Park. HAVE A SAY: Weve sorted through the Brisbane/Queensland grand finals of the past 50 years and picked the top 10. Darryl Duncan (Valleys, Norths) Second Row 4,0,0. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. They won six titles in a row between 1959 and 1964 to rival St George's dominance in the south. The drop in interest saw the Brisbane Rugby League, its clubs and its junior development base incurring significant and crippling financial losses. Why subscribe to become a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member? Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. Geyer was the star, scoring three tries that hauled Norths off the canvas after they trailed 16-0 early in the match. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was fully superseded by the ARL Premiership which took nationwide first-class status in 1995. Beetson wrote in his biography that Yow Yehs story is a tragedy in too many ways. Or listen via theSEN app. 9. 4. Wests, who finished third, had a tougher road to their first Grand Final appearance, losing in Week 1 to Redcliffe. The new organisation was attacked by both the local press and the QRU for introducing professionalism, which they claimed would destroy the sport. Mark Graham (c) The beauty of having a digital subscription or membership is that it travels with you. Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. event : evt, He won a $100 George Symons suit and a $60 transistor radio. Miles and Rod Morris were selected for the Kangaroos on the back of their efforts in Wynnums premiership season. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. Each participating team is a feeder club for the Queensland Cup. Gary Badge Belcher (Souths) (21 Tests, QLD 16 games) 9,1,1. 8. As recent NRL finals have proven rugby league has a habit of providing the remarkable in the dying seconds. Playing out of Pizzey Park (one of the great names for a sports ground), a Burleigh team has developed that was nearly as well-coached and organised as the most southern team in the NRL. Don't have an account? 10. The win ended a 22-year premiership drought for Easts. The highlight of the match was an amazing Brian Dunn try, set up by Kilory. Yow Yeh was a freak talent but his life was cut short when he died of a heart attack in police custody in June 27, 1975. [1] Matches were played under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Rugby Football League (later renamed Queensland Rugby League). The Brisbane Rugby League took control of the local competition. Followed categories will be added to My News. 5 tries in finals. Redcliffe had funds but still couldnt buy themselves a premiership, Souths had lost their stars to Canberra and had only one player left from their 1985 premiership side. The "founding fathers" of the QRFL included John Fihelly, an Australian Labor Party Member of Parliament who became Minister for Railways and Deputy Premier. An estimated crowd of 10,000 people swarmed Kougari Oval for the post-match club presentations. VIDEO: Brothers farewell the BRL in style. HOSTPLUS CUP TEAM; Women's Rugby League; 2023 Cyril Connell Challenge; 2023 Mal Meninga Cup; 2023 Hastings Deering Colts . Norths have only won the one game at Moreton Daily Stadium since 2009 (in 2013) against the Dolphins. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. VIDEO: Extra-time heroics from Bear OFlanagan. To join the conversation, please Over the next week well look back at the outstanding players in each position, culminating in the naming of a BRL team of the 80s. This was Bennetts first grand final triumph, a 10-8 grinding victory, and a game he later declared was his defining moment. The complicated arrangement between the Brisbane Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League and Royal National Association (who administered the Exhibition Ground) led to Brisbane Cricket Ground being used for rugby league matches. You have skipped the navigation, tab for page content. 10. Saturday 17 September | Kick off 3:15pm Played with the North QLD Marlins in 1984 when they became the first country team to make the finals of the State League. Valleys would eventually win 17-16 but this is one of the all-time great grand final dust ups and we will never see anything like it again. (Not available in all areas and is not the Regional edition). Coached by Brisbane legend Ross Strudwick, Brothers had many players on the rise that became good first graders in Sydney, including Mark Coyne, Peter Gill and Tony Rhea. VIDEO: Devils and Diehards rip in to each other. A last-minute field goal from Easts lock Jeff Fyfe engineered a 16-15 victory for the Tigers over a gallant Valleys team. on: function(evt, cb) { It was an incredible game which went to extra time when an audacious chip and chase from Easts winger Steve Beattie led to a remarkable try in the dying minutes and Tigers half Dane Campbell slotted the conversion from the sideline. He was the first coach to position his halves and backs to receive kick offs and pass then to a forward. John Wilshire's sideline conversion put Norths in front by two, their first lead of the game coming in the 60th minute. Kilroy was a Bronco the following year and several of Brothers premiership stars headed for Sydney with Mark Coyne, Peter Gill, Steve Carter and Trevor Bailey all ending up at the Dragons. They have also helped bring about the rise of PNG on the international stage (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images). The clash went deep into extra time before unheralded prop Shane OFlanagan became the unlikely hero with a barge over try in the 97th minute to earn the Bears a 22-18 win. A then-record crowd at Lang Park of 19,824 saw Northern Suburbs defeat Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League grand final in September 1961. Brothers win the 1987 premiership at the end of the BRL era. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. If you subscribe directly with us you will also get access to our News+ Network which is made up of some of our most popular news sites, like. Easts Tigers win the 1972 grand final with a field goal in the last minute. This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. They were everywhere. News_Image_File: Matt Geyer in action for Melbourne Storm. Please call 1800 070 535. listeners: [], But if your subscription or membership includes home delivery, then you can request to suspend your paper delivery through My Account. log in. Dave Brown (Only applies if home delivery is included in your package), Subscriber-only newsletters straight to your inbox, Todays Paper, a digital replica of the newspaper, SuperCoach Plus for stats, analysis, tips and more, Saturday and Sunday paper delivery* Wayne Bennetts Souths shock Wally Lewis Wynnum Manly to win the 1985 grand final. Des Morris, now the Tigers chief executive and Maroons chairman of selectors, was man of the match. When the two sides met in the regular season, Norths defeated the Panthers 4222 in Round 5 at Purtell Park.[1]. Full Digital Access to be billed $1 for the first 28 days. Brad Backer The team is made up of players in their entire 75-year tenure. The Devils must repeat their unforgettable 1980 grand final win when they came from fourth place to stun Souths in the decider at Lang Park. News_Image_File: Devils and Diehards get stuck in in 1990. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership then became a second-tier competition until it ceased and was fully replaced at this level by the Queensland Cup before the 1998 season. 9. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. In 1953 the friction between the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League ended, with the Brisbane Rugby League being replaced by the Brisbane division of the Queensland Rugby League. The famous Brisbane rugby league club Norths Devils greatest ever team revealed. Team of the BRL 1909 to 1987 Ask Wayne himself whether that grand final in 1985 meant any less to him than the seven that followed, and he will tell you it was a career-defining moment for him.. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Chris Garry, Steve Ricketts and Barry Dick present the top 10 moments of the Brisbane Rugby League and Queensland Cup in the past 50 years, featuring more controversy than the Cowboys could find in a Sydney final. Those PNG boys can play too, as evidenced by their grand final victory in 2017. I remember the suits though. Kilroy was a Bronco the following year and several of Brothers premiership stars headed for Sydney with Mark Coyne, Peter Gill, Steve Carter and Trevor Bailey all ending up at the Dragons. We've been winning the State of Origin, and you can imagine if we were keeping our players, the club competition would be just as good as what it was when I was playing. News_Image_File: Souths winger Mick Reardon douses himself in champagne after he scored the winning try 30secs from fulltime in 1981. Burleigh however were the fitter side in a game that almost stretched to 100 minutes. 1. The final season before the Broncos were born and the competitions best players moved to Red Hill or migrated to Sydney clubs. 9. We had a special relationship. Broadcast: This game will be broadcast via Channel 9, 9Now, FOX and Kayo. Not in conjunction with any other offer. 3. The beauty of having a digital subscription or membership is that it travels with you. The team is made up of players in their entire 75-year tenure. window.mc4wp.listeners.push( 8. Become a member to join in Australia's biggest sporting debate, submit articles, receive updates straight to your inbox and keep up with your favourite teams and authors. forms: { Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. 12. Honourable mentions Tom Gorman, Fred Firpo Newman, Jack Reardon, Mick Retchless, Gene Miles. We lost three times to the Magpies that season but we were getting closer and closer every time we played; the last time we lost 14-9. Played for the Broncos and Canterbury in a successful career. Full Digital Access + Weekend Paper Delivery 12 Month Plan costs $312 (min. Instagram News_Image_File: The huge crowd at the 1975 decider. } He won a premiership for Melbourne in the NRL a year later. Please note that this is not necessarily the greatest players to have played in the competition, otherwise Clive Churchill would be the fullback. Joe Kilroy starred again, this time for Brothers. Also, like with Sydney's competition, Brisbane's competition was also called the Winfield Cup during the 1980s, due to sponsorship from Winfield cigarettes. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Fullback: Norm Pope (Valleys) News_Image_File: Norths captain Mark Murray in action in 1980. And by inviting in the men from Port Moresby, the QCup became the third international club competition in rugby league. This coincided with the commencement of television broadcasts of Brisbane Rugby League games in the same year. Norths had their best season in some time on the back of veteran international forwards Paul McCabe and Greg Dowling, but lost to Brothers (after leading by 10 with 20 minutes to go) and then Redcliffe to go out in straight sets. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Wally Fullerton-Smith (Redcliffe) (8 Tests, QLD 12 games) 6,1,0. My landlord came to see me and said your rent is not being paid so I rang Bob Bax and said my rent hasnt been paid; it was taken care of by the end of the day. Wests beat Redcliffe in the 1975 grand final in a controversial ending. 2. LIVE BLOG: Join Chris Garry from Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Instead, referee Eddie Ward gave a caution to all players. Props: Norm Potter (Wests) and Peter Gallagher (Brothers) VOTE FOR YOU FAVOURITE. How long does it take for my home delivery to start? Wally Lewis (Valleys, Wynnum-Manly) (Immortal, ARL and QLD Teams of the Century, ARL Hall of Fame. SPECIAL MENTION: 1981, Souths and Mick Reardon deny Artie. All times AEDT (GMT +11). It should never have happened because as it turned out, if we did lose players from Queensland to go to New South Wales we had the State of Origin. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Home delivery is not available in all areas and is not the regional edition. Trailing 16-0, Norths finally got on the board when centre Matt Geyer scored the first of his three tries. Norths - 1.Kilroy 2.Bird 3.Dunn 4.Dutton 5.Warnock 6.Murray (c) 7.Henrick 8.Draper 9.Graham 10.Walker 11.Dews 12.Conescu 13.Bernardin coach-Lowe Souths - 1.Glynn 2.Thompson 3.Meninga 4.Astill (c) 5.Gramm 6.Brackin 7.Sully 8.Phelan 9.Moroko 10.Lumby 11.Naylor 12.Johnstone 13.Brown coach-Bennett <u>Lower grade grand finals</u> Not in conjunction with any other offer. 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